Английская Википедия:2008–09 A-League

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use Australian English Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox football league season The 2008–09 A-League was the 32nd season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the fourth season of the A-League competition since its establishment in 2004. Two new clubs, North Queensland Thunder and Gold Coast Galaxy had received tentative licences from the FFA but these were revoked for the 2008–09 season on 12 March 2008. Expansion plans are on hold until the 2009–10 season. Based on their 2007–08 performances, the Central Coast Mariners and the Newcastle Jets competed in the 2009 AFC Champions League for the first time.

Changes to the league included:

• The introduction of both a youth league and women's league aligned with A-League clubs.
• An increase in the salary cap to A$1.9 million.
• The addition of a Junior Marquee player. (A player under the age of 23 who has up to A$150,000 of his salary outside of the cap.
• Injury replacement players can only match the injured players' salary, or have any excess included within the total Salary Cap.

Clubs

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Adelaide United	Adelaide	Hindmarsh Stadium	17,000
Central Coast Mariners	Gosford	Bluetongue Stadium	20,119
Melbourne Victory	Melbourne	Telstra Dome	56,347
Newcastle Jets	Newcastle	Energy Australia Stadium	26,164
Perth Glory	Perth	Members Equity Stadium	18,156
Queensland Roar	Brisbane	Suncorp Stadium	52,500
Sydney FC	Sydney	Aussie Stadium	42,500
Wellington Phoenix	Wellington	Westpac Stadium	34,500

Foreign players

Club	Visa 1	Visa 2	Visa 3	Visa 4	Non-Visa foreigner(s)	Former player(s)
Adelaide United	Шаблон:Flagicon Alemão	Шаблон:Flagicon Cássio	Шаблон:Flagicon Cristiano	Шаблон:Flagicon Diego Walsh	Шаблон:Flagicon Jonas Salley1
Central Coast Mariners	Шаблон:Flagicon André Gumprecht				Шаблон:Flagicon Andrea Merenda3 Шаблон:Flagicon John Hutchinson2
Melbourne Victory	Шаблон:Flagicon Ney Fabiano	Шаблон:Flagicon Carlos Hernández	Шаблон:Flagicon José Luis López		Шаблон:Flagicon Grant Brebner1
Newcastle Jets	Шаблон:Flagicon Jesper Håkansson	Шаблон:Flagicon Song Jin-hyung				Шаблон:Flagicon Edmundo Zura
Perth Glory	Шаблон:Flagicon Adrian Trinidad	Шаблон:Flagicon Amaral	Шаблон:Flagicon James Robinson	Шаблон:Flagicon Eugène Dadi	Шаблон:Flagicon Victor Sikora3
Queensland Roar	Шаблон:Flagicon Reinaldo	Шаблон:Flagicon Sergio van Dijk	Шаблон:Flagicon Charlie Miller		Шаблон:Flagicon Henrique3 Шаблон:Flagicon Seo Hyuk-su1
Sydney FC	Шаблон:Flagicon Bobby Petta	Шаблон:Flagicon Terry McFlynn	Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Enfield
Wellington Phoenix	Шаблон:Flagicon Daniel	Шаблон:Flagicon Gao Leilei	Шаблон:Flagicon Chris Greenacre		Шаблон:Flagicon Manny Muscat2	Шаблон:Flagicon Fred4

The following do not fill a Visa position:
¹Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian Residency (and New Zealand Residency, in the case of Wellington Phoenix);
²Australian residents (and New Zealand residents, in the case of Wellington Phoenix) who have chosen to represent another national team;
³Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players;
⁴Guest Players (eligible to play a maximum of ten games)

Salary cap exemptions and captains

Club	Marquee	Junior Marquee	Captain	Vice-Captain
Adelaide United	Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Agostino	None	Шаблон:Flagicon Travis Dodd	Шаблон:Flagicon Lucas Pantelis
Central Coast Mariners	None	None	Шаблон:Flagicon Alex Wilkinson	None
Melbourne Victory	Шаблон:Flagicon Archie Thompson	Шаблон:Flagicon Nick Ward	Шаблон:Flagicon Kevin Muscat	None
Newcastle Jets	Шаблон:Flagicon Edmundo ZuraШаблон:Refn	Шаблон:Flagicon Adam D'Apuzzo	Шаблон:Flagicon Jade North Шаблон:Flagicon Matt ThompsonШаблон:Refn	Шаблон:Flagicon Ante CovicШаблон:Citation needed Шаблон:Flagicon Adam GriffithsШаблон:Citation needed
Perth Glory	None	Шаблон:Flagicon Nikita Rukavytsya	Шаблон:Flagicon Jamie Coyne	None
Queensland Roar	Шаблон:Flagicon Craig Moore	None	Шаблон:Flagicon Craig Moore	None
Sydney FC	Шаблон:Flagicon John Aloisi	Шаблон:Flagicon Mark Bridge	Шаблон:Flagicon Steve Corica	None
Wellington Phoenix	None	None	Шаблон:Flagicon Andrew Durante	Шаблон:Flagicon Tim Brown Шаблон:Flagicon Jon McKain Шаблон:Flagicon Richard Johnson

Pre-season Challenge Cup

Шаблон:Main All A-League clubs played the pre-season cup competition held in July and August, and were drawn into two groups. Group A consisted of Adelaide United, Melbourne Victory, Newcastle Jets and Perth Glory. Group B was Central Coast Mariners, Queensland Roar, Sydney FC and Wellington Phoenix.

The winner of each group, Melbourne Victory and Wellington Phoenix, met in Wellington on 6 August 2008 for the Pre-Season Cup Final. With the score at 0–0 after 90 minutes, the game went to penalties, Melbourne Victory eventually prevailing 8–7, thus becoming the first team in A-League history to claim all three available trophies, after winning the Premiership and Championship in the 2006–07 season.

Regular season

The 2008–09 A-League season was played over 21 rounds, followed by a finals series.

League table

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Finals series

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Statistics

Leading scorers

Total	Player		Team	Goals per Round
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
12	Шаблон:Flagicon	Shane Smeltz	Wellington Phoenix	1	2				1	2				1	1	1			1		2
11	Шаблон:Flagicon	Matt Simon	Central Coast Mariners	1		1		2		1			2	1						1		2
11	Шаблон:Flagicon	Daniel Allsopp	Melbourne Victory		2	2				2						1			1		1	1	1
11	Шаблон:Flagicon	Sergio van Dijk	Queensland Roar			1									1		1	1		1		2	3	1
10	Шаблон:Flagicon	Eugène Dadi	Perth Glory		1	2		1						1			2	1				2
10	Шаблон:Flagicon	Nikita Rukavytsya	Perth Glory		1				1			1	2	1		2						1		1
8	Шаблон:Flagicon	Archie Thompson	Melbourne Victory			1		2						1	1					1			1	1
8	Шаблон:Flagicon	Cristiano	Adelaide United			2			2	1							2							1
8	Шаблон:Flagicon	Charlie Miller	Queensland Roar	1	1	1	1			1			1		1
7	Шаблон:Flagicon	Travis Dodd	Adelaide United	1	1					1		1	1		1		1
7	Шаблон:Flagicon	Joel Griffiths	Newcastle Jets	1	1			1					1	1				1		1
6	Шаблон:Flagicon	Mile Jedinak	Central Coast Mariners			1			1	2						1		1
6	Шаблон:Flagicon	Sasho Petrovski	Central Coast Mariners		2				1					1		1				1
5	Шаблон:Flagicon	Ney Fabiano de Oliveira	Melbourne Victory		1												1		1	1		1
5	Шаблон:Flagicon	Kevin Muscat	Melbourne Victory		1		1						2											1
5	Шаблон:Flagicon	Alex Brosque	Sydney FC			1		1	1															2
As of the end of the home and away season

	A goal was scored from a penalty kick
	Two goals were scored from penalty kicks

Attendance

These are the attendance records of each of the teams at the end of the home and away season. The table does not include finals series attendances. Шаблон:A-LeagueAttendance * Adelaide United played a one-off match at the Adelaide Oval against Sydney FC in their Round 18 match. This is why Adelaide United's highest single attendance exceeds the capacity of Hindmarsh Stadium.

Top 10 Attendances

Attendance	Round	Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Weekday	Time of Day
53,273	Grand Final	28 February 2009	Melbourne Victory	1–0	Adelaide United	Telstra Dome	Saturday	Night
34,736	Major SF (L2)	14 February 2009	Melbourne Victory	4–0	Adelaide United	Telstra Dome	Saturday	Night
31,654	Round 9	25 October 2008	Melbourne Victory	0–2	Sydney FC	Telstra Dome	Saturday	Night
28,905	Round 21	23 January 2009	Melbourne Victory	2–0	Wellington Phoenix	Telstra Dome	Friday	Night
27,196	Round 15	6 January 2009	Melbourne Victory	1–0	Adelaide United	Telstra Dome	Tuesday	Night
25,398	Round 17	27 December 2008	Melbourne Victory	3–2	Sydney FC	Telstra Dome	Saturday	Night
24,812	Round 4	12 September 2008	Melbourne Victory	1–0	Adelaide United	Telstra Dome	Friday	Night
24,003	Round 20	16 January 2009	Melbourne Victory	3–0	Central Coast Mariners	Telstra Dome	Friday	Night
23,705	Minor SF (L2)	13 February 2009	Queensland Roar	2–1	Central Coast Mariners	Suncorp Stadium	Friday	Night
23,447	Round 18	2 January 2009	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Queensland Roar	Telstra Dome	Friday	Night

Awards

• The Premiers' Plate was awarded to the Melbourne Victory, who finished on top of the ladder after the regular season.
• The Johnny Warren Medal was awarded to Shane Smeltz from the Wellington Phoenix.
• The Coach of the Year was awarded to Aurelio Vidmar of Adelaide United.
• The Reebok Golden Boot was awarded to Shane Smeltz of the Wellington Phoenix (12 goals - regular season).
• The Rising Star award was awarded to Scott Jamieson of Adelaide United.
• The Fair Play Award was awarded to the Queensland Roar.
• Goalkeeper of the Year was awarded to Eugene Galekovic of Adelaide United.
• Referee of the Year was awarded to Matthew Breeze.
• Foreign Player of the Year was awarded to Charlie Miller of the Queensland Roar.

See also

• Adelaide United season 2008-09
• Central Coast Mariners season 2008-09
• Melbourne Victory season 2008-09
• Newcastle United Jets FC season 2008-09
• Perth Glory season 2008-09
• Queensland Roar season 2008-09
• Sydney FC season 2008-09
• Wellington Phoenix season 2008-09
• 2008 Australian football code crowds

External links

• A-League official website, including fixtures
• Football Federation Australia
• SBS The World Game A-League section
• FOXSPORTS.com.au A-League section and Official A-League Fantasy competition